United States v. Lockwood

LANNING, District Judge.

This indictment is founded on section 6 of the oleomargarine act of August 2, 1886, c. 840, 24 Stat. 210 *773(U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 2230; 3 Fed. Stat. Ann. 122). That section provides that:

“Retail dealers in oleomargarine must sell only from original stamped packages, in quantities not exceeding ten pounds, wild shall pack the oleomargarine sold by them in suitable wooden or paper packages, which shall be marked and branded as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe.”

The indictment charges that…